Oregon Daily
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1993
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 95. ISSUE 20
ANTHONY FOflNev/tm#r«W
What a rush!
Melissa Pennington (above), a junior in Kappa Alpha Theta,
plays the part of "Pretty Kat” m a skit designed to inform
rushees about the sorority The production is tailored after the
Broadway show Cats and ends with all of the sorority mem
bers crowding in the doorway (right) to say goodbye Sorori
ties throughout campus had similar events during Rush Week
last week
ANTHONY K#*N€Y/fm«r»W
Author
addresses
censorship
□ Project director talks
about thought control
By Lla Salciccia
Oregon Daily [maraid
Amid tho backdrop of banned books
ranging from Where's Waldo to A Clock
work Orange, tho founding director of tho
ACLU Arts Censorship Project in Now
York spoke about the state of the coun
try's censorship wars to a group of about
20 people in Eugene on Sunday.
Marjorie Heins, former chief of the
civil rights division of tho Department of
tho Attorney General in Massac husotls.
read from her now book. Sex, Sin and
Blasphemy.
"Very few people will admit that
they're for censorship," said Heins, who
marks tho beginning of the censorship
wars in the early lOHOs with the rise of
the radical right.
Most people instead say that taxpayers
shouldn’t have to pay for material they
find immoral, or, in tho case of record
labels, isn't censoring but merely warn
ing others about the offensive material,
she said.
The more subtle forms of censorship
that artS'di sou ssod in Heins' book include
groups exerting pressure upon what type
ofait-is funded and allowed in municipal
theaters, local art shows, or "what you're
seeing here in Oregon." meaning sup
pression of homosexual literature in the
public libraries by the Oregon Citizens
Alliance.
Sox is the most often censored topic in
art and entertainment in the United
States, perhaps because of "our puritani
cal history." Heins said.
Reading from a chapter in her book on
obscenity. Heins said that while "some
citizens think war is obscene, others may
think the Iran-Contra affair obscene."
The legal definition of obscenity consists
of a three-part test that came out of tho
Turn to CENSORSHIP, Page 4
New south bus station expands capacity
j LTD plans to better
accommodate its riders with
new stop near 14th Avenue
By Rebecca Merritt
Oregon Daily E mat aid
A new Lane Transit District bus station
opened Monday to accommodate the more
than 1.500 University students and faculty
that ride LTD buses each day.
l-ooited on Kincaid Street between 13th and
14th avenues, the station was constructed this
summer through a joint partnership between
the University, LTD. the city of Eugene and
the Oregon Department of Transportation.
The $225,000 station replaces University
faculty and staff porking and is funded most
ly through a federal transportation grant, said
Stefano Viggiano, LTD planning administra
tor LTD is paying for the remaining costs, he
said.
University ridership has tripled since the
north Kincaid station was huilt in 1987. Vig
giano said. LTD has been looking to expand
the University bus service since 1991.
"We realized that we needed more capac
ity." Viggiano said. "Our initial inclination
was to build onto the north station."
However, congestion near the north station
prompted University and LTD officials to con
sider the new, south station. Viggiano said the
University was concerned about additional
traffic near the University Computing Center.
"The south is more attractive because we
have some buses that head south," he added.
"People going south will have a faster ride.”
Three buses will depart from the new sta
tion including No. 23 Fox Hollow, No. 28 Hil
yard and No. 71, a new route serving Amazon
Family Housing, 24th Avenue and east cam
pus. A total of 16 routes will operate from the
University stations.
The city of Eugene widened the sidewalk
near the south station and painted new cross
walks on Kincaid Street. The University will
pay for a covered bike rack at the station. Vig
giano said. A covered customer waiting and
information area, landscaping and addition
al lighting are also included in the project.
University students, faculty and staff can
ride LTD buses for free with a current iden
tification card. The University and LTD
entered a partnership to offer student-fund
ed. unlimited student bus service in 1988.
NOMMN MESMMWtor EmwaK)
Hilary Halm, a thaatar major, and Larinas Quran, a Spanish major, catch a bun
southbound at tha naw LTD station on Kincaid Straat and 14th Avanua.